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?rraps and Jarts. ? Washington, February 16: Congress will* give its time this week to bills already before it. The senate will continue its consideration of the financial bill, while the house will proceed with the appropriation bills. .Senator Aldrich, who has charge of the bill in the senate, expresses himself as pleased with the progress thus far made and Is confident that a vote will be reached without unnecessary delay. As soon as It becomes apparent that debate is practically exhausted he will ask that a day be fixed for taking a vote on the measure. He is hopeful of securing a ballot by the close of the present month. It is expected that much of the time of the house during the week will be given up to the consideration of the army appropriation bill. The amendment increasing the pay of privates and non-commissioned officers is expected to give rise to considerable debate. ? Washington, February 15: The charge that a reign of terror exists In the city of Washington was made in the house of representatives today by Mr. Sims (Tenn.) He teferred to the robo n'Amon loot ovpninc in front WTV A J V* (A f? VlllWt* JWWV w ? -? of the British embassy and said it was the twenty-first of such crimes committed in this city since September last. He denounced the police force of the city and referred to the fact that although there was within quick call by telephone a regiment of calvary and a regiment or marines, their services had not been * enlisted to run down the criminals who, he said, were, as a rule, negroes. Mr. Sims charged, in reply to a queslon by Mr. Tawney (Minn.) that the increase of crime in the Dlstrlnct of Columbia was due to an inefficient police administration. He declared that at the present rate of increase of crime it would be necessary to have a policeman on every corner. These crimes, Mr. Sims said, grew out of the sale of cheap liquor to an idle class of criminals who had migrated to Washington. "Close your S00 licensed saloons here," he exclaimed, "and there won't be another of these occurences." ? Says a Marion, N. C., special of Sunday to the Charlotte Observer: Deputy Sheriff Cox has just reached here with fourteen Slavs, who are charged with a shocking murder. Fifteen of these foreigners came to camp No. 4 on the South and Western railroad a year ago and have been at work there ever since. According to the offl cer's story the men quarreled among themselves Thursday, the brunt of the war of words falling upon the member of the little colony who had been serving as its cook. The fourteen fell upon the unfortunate cook that night, and securing him with ropes, they led him to a spot in the forest, a mile from the camp. There they bound the cook hand and foot, and placing him in an upright 'posture against the end of a fill the crowd stepped off a few paces and began shooting, using the cook as a target. The unfortunate man was riddled with bulets. After satisfying their thirst for blood the murderers dug a shallow trench in the fill and buried their victim. The hastily provided grave and the blood on the ground led to the discovery of the crime by a foreman. The dead man was known to liave had $100 in cash, but no money was found on him. Not one of the prisoners speaks English, and though court convenes Monday the trial cannot be held until an Interpreter is secured. ? Hickory special of February 16. to The Charlotte Observer: What was equal to a western scene was the bold robbery of the bank at Granite Falls, a town of several hundred inhabitants, on the C. & N.-W., railway, about six miles from Hickory, at 6 o'clock last night, when Cashier W. G. Whisnant was held up at the point of guns by three masked bandits, who took from the cashier's desk $2,700, after which locking him In the vault and making good their escape. So far it is not known from whence they came or whither they went, but they were evidently profesionals, having looked the situation over before the daring deed and learned the customs of the bank, one of which was keeping open .Saturday evenings for the accommodation of the shop element, Saturday fleing pity any. me uiunu v?aa nm given until this morning, when the whereabouts of Cashier Whisnant was .sought after by his home people when he failed to turn up at the breakfast hour. The search was begun and on entering the bank the cashier was heard in the vault trying to give the alarm, having survived through the night owing to a small ventilation in the vaulL One of the bank officers about the town, who was familar with the combination lock was secured as soon as possible and Whisonant given his freedom. While the loss is quite an item to the small bank of $10,000 capital, it will not in the least affect its financial standing as, aside from all the stockholders being men of means, the institution is associated with other nanks which have large capital. Just what reward will be offered for the capture of the gang will not be known until the meeting of the directors tomorrow, but every effort will be made to run down the guilty parties. The occurence has already been telephoned to the neighboring towns, in order that the bandits may be intercepted before leaving this part of the state. The bank officials had for its protection $5,000 burglar insurance, the company of which doubtless will take a hand in capturing the thieves. ? New York, February 14. "Dig hearted Charles" Kruger, best beloved of New York's fire fighters, met today the death he had defied for thirtysix years. From the day in 1872, when a lad of 20 years, he entered the department, Deputy Fire Chief Charles W. Kruger had never known physical fear. To his mates he seemed to bear a charmed life. Something of this feeling may have possessed the deputy for when the uniform was removed from (he lifeless body today, a newspaper .clipping fluttered from a pocket that had covered his heart. The clipping .told of a seemingly miraculous escape i'rojn death in early boyhood and the story' bore the headline: "This L?oy Wasn't Born to be Killed." Not since the death of Chief Bresnan hus the department felt a blow as keenly as it .did Ibis last stroke of the ill-fortune, which has been with it ever since the Barker bufMing tire, in which three men Jost their lives, and followed by the recent Worth street tire, in which two were killed. It was a common remark that Kruger never "sent." but always "led," ami when his cheery call, "Come on, boys," rang out tor the last time a dozen men were at his heels. The situation was desperate. The buildings at .Vos zlS ajid "17 Canal street were in flames- anu the whole block was threatened. Chief Croker had refused to order his iiwi into Unbuilding* but had consented to Kruger's venture. "Chief, there's hope of getting into the basement of SCo -17/' the grizzled deputy had said. "Our only chance is to go down into the cellar 'if Xo 1* 1and cut a whole through the separating walls. Come on. boys." Into the cellar ililed with water, smoke and overwhelming fumes from melted gas pipes the men threw themselves. Groping in advance Kruger stumbled through a trap door and presently was floundering helplessly in six feet of water. Cnable to see. the other men heard a splash and [then a cry. "Save me, Andy!" "Andy" had driven his chief to his first fire and shadowed him into every succeeding danger. Ten minutes later the unconscious form of "Big-hearted Charley" [was stretched on the pavement and Chief Croker on his knees beside him begged the department surgeons, "For [God's sake do something." Resort was had to every expedient, but before his last fire had burned itself out the sootgrimed fighter was dead. Rising to his feet. Chief Croker slipped his coat from his back and. spreading it over the face of his deputy, clambered into his big red machine. $hr ^(orkvillc tf nquirrr. Entered at the Postoftlce in Yorkville as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILXE, S. C.t TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18,1908. Tiie Manning Times describes the Columbia Record as a professing prohibitionist, with liquor advertisements in its columns and as we see it, that is enough said. From present appearances, we are going to have another warm state campaign this summer, and the people are to hear the same old story of graft and (corruption, with the lien law and prohibition as issues that will aid to further complicate the situation. We had hoped that the country would be spared the distractions of such a campaign, but the people, no doubt, are very well able to stand it. The general assembly could easily do all the work it has to do in ten days if it would. As a matter of fact most of the actual work of a session is usually done in ten days. Time is frittered away at the beginning and then at the last everything is jammed throijgh or killed in a rush. It is quite possible that there would be as good or better work if it were understood beforehand that it was to be a matter of only ten days. We do not think that there is a practical, fair-minded member, of the present general assembly who would think of claiming that there was any need for extending the present session) over forty days. , 9 , The Enquirer has always held to the view that the newspaper man is best I out of politics, especially as an office holder or office seeker. This view is based upon the idea that the newspaper man who Rives his paper all the attention that it requires, has very little time for anything else, and we have never been willing to concede that there is more opportunity or a better field for public service In an official position than there is on a newspaper that has the service of the public in view as its principal object. But be all this as it may, it will have to be conceded that Senators Christensen and Appelt, both fine newspaper men, are making good in official position as well as on the editorial tripod, and the sole object of these observations is to call attention to this very interesting fact. Jt sT now it apear? that the winding up commission has been doing itB work thoroughly. The principal method of operation has been to get invoices from all parts of the country showing the prices that the liquor dealers who have claims against the dispensary charged private retailers for the same quality of liquor at the time such large sales were being made to the state. From these invoices it appears that the state was invariably charged from 20 to 40 per cent more than private dealers were charged. The big concern of I^anahan submitted a copy of its books and the prices charged the state seemed to square all right with the prices charged to private dealers; but Col. Felder was able to show that the bottles sold to the state held only fifths of gallons! while those sold to private dealers at the same price held quarts. It was thus made evident that the Lanahan people got graft to the amount of a good many thousand dollars; but who they gave It to has not yet been brought out. However, the commission has no Idea of paying Lanahan's bill until it has gotten about all the light on the subject that is to be had. Anotiikr war cloud is looming up in what is known in Europe as the "near east." Russia, Austria and Turkey are Involved and if things progress much further than they are in the direction they are going, Germany, France and the whole of Europe are likely to take a hand. It is the same old eastern question that is the cause of the trouble. European diplomats have the whole situation at their finger tips. They know it like a nearly finished game of whist. The sultan has done practically nothing in the way of carrying out the judicial reforms to which he had obligated himself in Macedonia and, it looks as if the powers would pivtty soon begin to apply pressure. There has long been jealously between Russia and Austria over the designs of the two nations in the Balkans. Nobody understands this better than the sultan. Several years ago. with the consent of the sultan, Austria began secret surveys of a railroad line from her frontier in the direction of Salonica through Turkish territory and not long ago a concession was granted for the construction of the line. Russia will stand for nothing of the kind. During the past few weeks the war feeling has been growing in Russia, Turkey and Austria. I^arge numbers of troops have been mobilized and it begins to look as if there are to be some serious developments unless Austria backs down. The diplomats think that the war preparations may turn out to be a big bluff more than anything else. They base their view on the fact that neither Russia or Turkey are properly prepared with the sinews of war; but at the same time it is hardly to be denied that the situation is very interesting. TiiK Mafi'ney Ledger reproduces our recent editorial on the Supremacy of the Law," with quite generous approval except that it thinks we should not have used the adjective "many" in reference to the bad lawyers, for it thinks that the bad ones are scarce. We most heartily agree with the Ledger in its claim that there is no higher or nobler profession than that of the law; that there is no line of work to which a man! can devote himself in which he can find more opportunity to prove a bene- J diction and a blessing: to his fellowman. When he came into the world to show mankind the way to everlasting life, the Saviour spent most of his time teaching obedience to the law and giving practical- illustrations of the true meaning of justice. The lawyer of today has unlimited opportunity to continue the same work, and there are those who are doing this very thing; but if our contemporary would claim thnt tni* the ir^nei-iil rule we are not prepared to agree with it. Of course, we had no intention of reflecting upon lawyers in general or as a class; but we are unable to see where we have committed any injustice in the use of the word "many." We shall not undertake to be specific in separating those we consider good from those we consider othewise. In the first place, we do not assume that we are qualified to pass judgment on individual cases, and in the second place, even if we felt assured of our ability to do this with unerring precision, we would not have the temerity to do tt. The reason is obvious. But if the Ledger will consider the total number of lawyers who enter into the comprehension of our original remarks, we feel that it will have to concede that the number of bad ones, those who use and try to use their knowledge of the law just as the sons of EH used theiV position as priests for their own unlawful gain, is many, very many. Lyon and Koeater. There may be as claimed by some, a good deal of politics about a part of the wrangle that Is constantly going on in connection with the Winding up of the state dispensary; bht that is a matter that to nf vprv little concern as com pared with the public anxiety for the final supremacy of right, justice, law and order. As we see it, It Is regrettable that the winding up commission should have seen proper to summon Editor Keoster before it on account of editorials in the Columbia Record reflecting upon the commission and upon Mr. Lyon and still more regrettable that Mr. Lyon should have felt called upon to denounce Mr. Koester in such ugly language. That Mr. Lyon has been grievously provoked by the constant taunting and badgering of the Record, we do not doubt, and from the purely personal standpoint he is not to be blamed for expressing himself In plain language; but under the circumstances it would have probably been Just as well had he continued the policy he has followed heretofore of leaving the Record and its editor to the judgment of the people. To be falsely charged with trying to buy testimony against people under suspicion is very unpleasant; but of course, everybody knows that the commission is not doing anything of the kind, and such a charge as this from the Columbia Record can have n" more effect than can the pouring of water on a duck's back. In a long personal statement m his paper, a part of which is reproduced elsewhere, Mr, Koester makes an explanation of his attitude apd if there was any previous doubt of the motives of the Record all along all excuse for that doubt is now removed. As Mr. Koester puts it, he is actuated o orinuo Intra 1 f \r tn hie frlfttiHs His friends are in trouble, serious trouble, and he thinks that it is his duty to stand by them to the last ditch, and in so standing' by them he can think of nothing' better than to throw mud and slime at the officers of the law. All good and true men applaud the constancy of friendship; but moat of them hold that the claims of friendship never bind or extend beyond that which is right. Otherwise there would be danger of confusing the term friend with the term accessory. The idea that the policy of the commission in demanding that people who have claims against the dispensary funds show their books as a condition precedent to the consideration of such claims can be construed as an attempt to buy testimony had never occurred to us. But since the development of thjs controversy, we are able to appreciate how that standpoint may have something to do with the matter, especially in the case of some people. But if there is reason to believe that the whisky houses have charged a wholesale buyer like the state of South Carolina more than it has been charging small retail buyers, we think the state ought to be allowed to^ protect itself and we do not know of any better way than that which the winding up commission has adopted. Possibly it may develop that those excess charges have gone to people who have had claims of friendship against us, but as we see it the development of such facts will outlaw these alleged claims. \V\-> ?11<1 nor think vprv much of the Record's charges at the time they were made. Now that the editor has beer) good enough to give a detailed explanation of them, their absurdity is established beyond question. THE PEOPLE WITH LYON, South Carolinians Will Always Uphold the Right. We can easily imagine that Mr. J. Fraser Lyon, the attorney general of South Carolina, sometimes feels that his heavy task of probing the state dispensary frauds is not appreciated as it should be. Hounded, harassed and badgered as he has been, he would exhibit a self-control more than human if he did not occasionally express himself in terms that seem unnecessarily harsh. On the safe assumption that honesty is not a virtue lost to South Carolini* ans, and that the overwhelming majority of the people of our state are resolved that corruption shall not flourish nor be exalted in her borders, we assure him that he will be sustain* ed in what he is doing. His sterling honesty and his inflexible courage have been amply tested. The accusations and criticisms that are brought against him are dismissed as idle slanders hy the thousands and tens of thousands who know ids record and are proud of it. who look to him to perserve in his endeavors to cleanse South Carolina of the dispensary polution and to make stealing so dan* llint mmu' If.ni? 1PM I* IrillSit pass before another period of looting shall come upon the state. Who cares for the epithets of his entmles? No grafter has It on his conscience that Fraser Lyon is attorney general by his vote. The decent people of the state know him. they know that he is going straightforward, they are not distressing themselves over the mistakes of detail that he may make, because their confidence in him cannot now be shaken, and they see that his heart is set on the great object of demonstrating that larceny shall not g<> unpunished and that bribers and bribetakers shall not be respectable in South Carolina. Mr. Lyon wishes no innocent man sent to jail, the people, too. wish the innocent to be vindicated and would be glad if every man under charges should prove himself clean of stain, but the attorney general and the people are together In the resolve that no guilty man shall escape. Mr. Lyon will not allow himself to be drawn aside Into personal quarrels. What boots it that this or that person has a fancied grievance against him and would "insult" him? His work has been attended with personal peril enough already to establish his record as a gentleman of no common order of courage. The people cannot spare him from his large labors, they rely on him, they trust him and they are I his friends!?-News and Courier. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. C. Wilborn?Offers a large variety of real estate in various sections of the county for the selection of buyers for investment or otherwise. W. S. Neil?Gives notice that he will apply to the circuit court for the appointment of L. R. Williams, probate Judge, as guardian of Km ma L. Neil, a minor. W. M. Kennedy. Agent?Has choice seed oats, also eastern grown seed potatoes and best garden seeds of all kinds. Carroll Bros.?Tell you that you need an Oliver middle-buster for your cotton field plowing. Thomson Co.?Remind its customers that the special bargain sale will continue until Saturday next. J. W. Dobson?Announces a special sale of groceries and hardware for Saturday next. R. Banks Black?Asks parties subscribing for The Enquirer on his club to make an early settlement. J. F. A. Smith?Requests subscribers to Thp Enouirer on his club to nav as early as convenient. W. M. and Jeff D. Whitesides, Exrs.? Notify creditors of estate of Jno. B. Whitesides, deceased, to make settlement with them. Loan and Saving's Bank?Points out that it never loses sight of that essential quality of modern banking, absolute safety. J. L. Williams & Co.?Are showing a handsome line of new styles In fancy vests at $1.50 to $5 each. York Supply Co.?Want you to know that it will pay you to sec them about Hour. See the Planet Jr. Cultivators. M. W. White?Is looking for a farm or town lot for investment. Other real estate offerings?town lots and farms. W. E. Ferguson?Calls your attention to the choice groceries that are coming to his shelves for people who eat to live. Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston?Recites some of the benefits derived from the use of Sloan's liniment. See fourth page. York Drug Store?Has paints for both Inside and outside work and wants to quote prices before you buy. Sherrer's Barbershop?Opposite postoffice. Advertises shave 10 cents; shampoo or massage 15 cents; haircut 25 cents. . % . The Democratic party should make the posesslon of a registration certificate a prerequisite to voting in the prima ry election. The senate has killed the bill introduced in the house by Representative Epps and in the senate by Senator Brice to prohibit cock fighting. It is expected that the general assembly will adjourn next Friday night. A resolution passed the senate recently proposing to prolong the session ten days without pay; but it is generally conceded to have been based on buncombe. The house killed the bill as the senate had calculated in advance. There is a great deal of pneumonia throughout the country, more than there has been for several years. Old people have been the principal sufferers from the disease; but it Is a fact that there has not beep a great deal of discrimination, victims being found in all ages and conditions of people. People who have not yet made returns of their property to the county auditor for taxation will takp notice that next Thursday. February 20, is the last day on which such returns can be made without penalty. Auditor Hunter and Miss Wallace have about .all the work they can attend to now and the pressure becomes greater dally. The farmerf of the country generally are occupying a more advanced position on the road question than are the public men. Most of the public men seem to be afraid that it would be ruinous to their poJ!tica} fortunes to propose and advocate a road building programme that would involve extra taxes or bond issues But we have an idea that the man who goes before the people on such a proposition and outlines a comprehensive and practical plan for the improvement of the roads will find that the people are only waiting for such a leader Elsewhere jn thjs issue will be found a reproduction from the Manning Times of what Senator Appelt has to say of those of h|s colleagues who at- : tempted to drag hjm over the coals because of his criticlsin of their attitude to measures intended to throw light pn the graft situation. In view of what has been published of what has gone before, this article wfll be read wifh especial interest, prnd wre have an (dea that it will convey the lippression that no matter what those who disagree with him may think, Mr- Appelt is not disposed to dodge responsibility for or retract what hp said. f WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The following applicants presented themselves today for examination in competition for the |wp vacancies at Annapolis to be filled by Congressman , Finley: A. F. LJttlejohn, Cherokee; R. W. Hornberger, Chesterfleldd; G. C. Trantham, Kershak; York L. Wilson, P. M. Faris, A. Srnfth, York. r f^ATipi^p AGT?. The following1 bills relating to York county appear among the list of acts that have been ratified: An act to amend an act entitled "an act to crpafe the school district qt < Yorkv|lle," etc., by chapgipg tbe time of meeting to April. Ap act to provide a sinking fund for the townships of Ca|awba. Ebenezer and York, in York county, for the retirement of bonds issued by said townships in aid of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad. An act to repeal an act to enlarge the area of Yorkville school district and to J restore the area of said school district , to its original limits of one mile fron) , the intersection of Congress and Liberty streets in every direction. An act t? create a sinking fund commission fop York county and to define its duties. ? i WINTHROP'S NEW PORMITOFJV. Senator Raysor on last Friday In- i sisted on calling nP the Winthrop cpllege bill. Senator Earle moved to i strike out the enacting words of the bill. JJe yoted alone, the record vote 1 being 33 to 1. The bill carries ap ap- , propriation of $24,000 this year, and : $114,000 next year for a new dormitory at Winthrop. There was no debate whatever on the bill. ' As passed the bill reads: Section 1. That to Provide for more dormitory and boarding accomodations i at Winthrop college, imperatively 1 needed for the many young women of i the state who are now belpg turned : away from this only state college for women for lack of room, the sum of i forty-eight thousand dollars be, and < the same is hereby, appropriated? i twenty-four thousand dollars lor the 1 vpar 1908 and twenty-lour thousand I dollars for the yea,r 1909?to bp ex- i ponded under the direction of the i board of trustees in erecting and < equipping a dormitory building at the i college, together with $12.01)0 already offered by the Pea body board for the I sftme purpose. I Section 2. That this act take effect 1 and be in full force from and after its i passage, and all acts and parts of acts 1 inconsistent with this act be, and the I same are hereby, repealed. I SPECULATIVE MARKET, J An Associated Press dispatch of last ] night from New York reviews yester- t day's developments In the speculative 1 market as follows: The cotton market showed more or < less irregularity today hut ruled stead- < ior on the whole with the close steady { at a net advance of 1 to 11 points, j Sales were estimated at 175,000 bales. < The market opened steady at an ad- ] vance of 2 to 0 points in response to i higher cables, larger English spot { sales, and the prospects for small re- > celpts. There was little support, how- i ever, and during the first hour the mar- \ ket weakened under a renewal of local t bear pressure and liquidation. After > selling off to a net loss of 1 to 3 points < on active old crop months the market t steadied on covering. The liquidation l of the last few days appeared to have ? reduced the long interest considerably, r offerings were lighter and during the r middle session the market advanced on reports of steadier southern spot markets and some scattering demand for ) long account. At one time prices were i about 5 to 13 points net higher, Octo- "1 ber showing the greatest gain on re- j ports of backwardness In new crop pre- < pa rations. Late months were relatively < firm at the close, which was a little off i from the best under realizing. Both ' Interior and port receipts for the day l were light, and exports exceeded port ' receipts by about 13,000 bales. Spot < advices from the south were somewhat l conflicting but on the whole indicates I steadier holders, and eastern belt authorities state that sales of fertilizer .< have been surprisingly small. I Receipts at the ports today 19,677 ' bales, against 34,109 last week and 29,- ' 109 last year. For the week (estimated) ] 150.000 bales, against 178,680 last week i and 258,742 last year. Today's receipts ' at New Orleans 5,731, against 4,970 last j ??? on^ of Unnctnn 9, ji<)D acninqt 19 - i 074 iast year. TROUBLE ON THE SOUTHERN. There has been considerable trouble on the Rock Hill division of the Southem railroad during the past few days, due largely to the bad condition of the track as the result of the long spell of wet weather and to defective and worn out rolling stock. The track of the Rock Hill division has never been Ballasted and the conditions following a soaking rainy spell, such as has been prevailing for some tlmfe past, are quite dangerous. Four of seven heavily loaded coal cars constituting an extra freight that passed here last Saturday morning on its way toward Rock Hill rolled down an embankment just east of the Fishing creek trestle It appears that the whole track slipped off the embankment, rails, crossties and all, and down went the cars, some of them to the bottom. Conductor John L. Sullivan was painfully, but not seriously hurt. He will be laid up. for some time with a sprained ankle and a bruised leg. Passenger train No. 36, going west, broke down in a All Just south of Yorkvllle Sunday morning because of improper adjustment of the trucks of the tender. The truck was gotten on the track again after a considerable amount of hard work and the train proceeded on Its way only to meet with another similar accident between Hickory drove and Smyrna. Trains over the Rock Hill division are still making very good time; but there is no use trying to conceal the fact that the roadbed is In dangerous shape, especially between Yorkvllle and Rock Hill. The railroad people are doing the best they can under the circumstances but are very much hindered because of the condition of the weather. ABOUT PSOPLE. Mr. J. R. Deas of Filbert No. 1, is * quite sick with pneumonia. . Miss Melle Stevenson of Filbert No. j 1, is down with pneumonia. . I Mr. Milus S. Carroll went to Chester r yesterday morning' on Farmers' Union business. Mrs. S. W. Guy and Mis.s Louise Guy of Lowryville, are guests of Mrs. S. ^ W. Inman. Mr. Julius A. Hope of Chester R. F. * D. No. 3, spent Sunday with his sisters c at Sharon. ? Mr. A. B. Gaines and family left last j; night for Rock Hill, where they will 1 make their home. ? Mrs. W. B. Kerr of Wadesboro, N. C., is Visiting her mother. Mrs. H. J. Har- ? shaw, near Delphos. Miss Iva Hull of Rock Hill, spent t Sunday and Monday with the family r of Mr. S. W. Inman. a Miss Bessie Pegram of Wlnthrop, r spent Sunday and Monday with Mr. J. * B. Pegrnm's family. Rev. W. C. Ewart has been quite uq- s well for some days; but managed to v preach last Sunday morning. t Miss Annis O'Leary returned home v yesterday, after spending a few days , with Dr. C. M. Kuykendal's family in Rock Hill. Mr. Moses White has been critically F ill at his home in the Smyrna neighbor- F. hood during several days past, and his ' death is expected to occur at any hour. ^ * Messrs. J. F. Thomson and S. C. p Wood, of the Thomson company, left 0 yesterday for the northern markets to c make purchases for the spring and c summer trade. They expect to tje gone 0 a week or ten days. t '.Mr. James Beckham of Yorkvilje, r who had his right leg broken in a. run- k away accident a teyr days ago, |s able J to be out again on crutches. Tl>e tmok- g en bones are knitting nicely and Mr. e Beckham thinks that after a month or c six weeks he will be none the wqrse.r for his experience. J ? t SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT. j. About forty or fifty people. most C them teachers, representing different t parts of the county, assembled in the C court house last Saturday morh'nS> 'n the interest of the school improvement p movement, and after the delivery of an s able, earnest and instructive address by ii Miss Mary T. "Nance, the president of r the state association, the organization C of the York County School Improve- f r.?lr.ttr.rr rmr-ftmiaA V 11 It'll I tldDI'LiailV/ll ** UO ivvivu. Miss Nance is a Wjnthrop graduate e of the class of 1903. She is goo^ lqok- a ing, has lots of good corqirion senap, g is a fluent and attractive talker, and is f filled with a burning zeal tor the im- ft provement of the common schools of t the state. She is working under the v auspices of the state ass6ciat(on for d the improvement of rural schools of g which association she js president, and ti her efforts have the full sanction of o the state and county educational au- T thorities. t The meeting last Saturday was called o to order by Superintendent of Educa- 3 tion ftlcMackin, who introduced the n speaker, ftliss Nance plunged directly v Into her subject and stuck to her text, school improvement, from beginning to end. She had the undivided attention of her audience throughout. After expressing her pleasure at be- C ing greeted by such a large audience in spite of the bad roads and threaten* t< ing weather, the speaker stated that n she had been in every county of the c state but three, and had found a uni- a formity of indifferent conditions that * stand in need of Improvement. The ' school houses generally are the merest P travesties in the way of appearance', comfort and convenience: but that is o by no means the most serious fault to r be found. Many of the schools, a ma- '' jorlty of them, in fact, are in charge of P more or less incompetent teachers, ut- ' terly unqualified to impart accurate ' knowledge of anything for the reason n that they are possessed of no such h knowledge themselves. b The surest need of the rural schools, P she declared, is first-class teachers, tl There are now about twepty-four hun- s dred rural schools in opppafion in this ' state. Many of them are in charge of ? teachers who hold only second and s third grade certificates, and whose title tl even tu these is more or less doubt- 0 ful. Good efficient service from them b is manifestly impossible and there can d be no satisfactory results in such a schools until there is a marked eievaLion in the standard of efficiency. "If I " pould orjly be allowed my way about I his matter, I would at once proceed a with an examination of all the school t1 teachers in the state, and after grading: n them according to efficiency and ability a [ would put the best ones in charge of the 2,400 rural schools and the others I would put in graded schools where p they could be kept tinder the eyes of t| the superintendents. 0 There are twenty-five thousand chil- n iren hi South Carolina of school age a who have never bpen inside of a school (j. louse. It is largely because of the fact p that their parents are too poor, too ignorant or too sensitive to send them to j, school. Here is a field of the widest ^ ind highest usefulness for the teacher who has the proper conception of her ,f lut.v. The rural teacher should spend |J( is much of her time as she can make jr lvailable visiting the mothers of these j)( children, getting their confidence and (j persuading them to send their children :o school Hut Instead of engaging in (1, inything like this or putting in their ipure time preparing lessons and plan- j ( ling to make tlie school house and the work more attractive, most of the rural eachers merely hear lessons during ichool hours, beat the children who are jnable to recite and send them home hi 'or their mothers to do the real teach- m ng. while the so-called teacher Is bug- v! ry riding and flirting with the young o 1 rien. The average teajher of today te loes not care a snap for the'children. m But this cohditioc. of affairs. Miss Nance said, is not to be blamed altogether on the teachers. The patrons are as much at fault as anybody else. E Lt costs from $500 to $1,000 to educate a. teacher to a point where she can be af much real value. There are plenty C 5f such teachers to he had; but they are d not to be had for $25 or $30 a month. 1; rhey cannot work for that sum and t they are not going; to. People who a would expert to get good teachers must s ?xpect to pay them at a rate that would r make it worth their while to give at- c lention to their work. t Not only is it necessary that the Y school should have a good teacher, but s it must have a comfortable home, rhere Is no need for a palace of course, r rhe building does not need to be ex- r pensive: but it must be neat, comfort- g ible and well lighted, and provided t with pleasant surroundings. It is a o ?ood idea to have flowers in the win- t lows and pictures on walls, desks and p ?halrs Instead of rough benches, and d date black boards instead of rough n planks painted black. The idea is to r make the school room as attractive and v is homelike as possible. t In her travels about the state, the t speaker had come across many parents a who had grown up in illiterate ignor- p ince. and whose children are following I the way of their fathers and mothers, ii In some cases the parents seem to have t 10 idea of any other condition for them- I elves and no concern for the future of d the children. There are many In- b nances where children of these parents t ire anxious for the opportunity to go to v ichool, but who have no way of getting r sooks. There are thousands of such t lases, and one of the greatest benefits f :nai rne siate can comer on common jchool education ut this time Is to furilsh free hooks to children of this n ,'lass. There should be an appropria- t :ion of at least $25,000 for this purpose a ind this appropriation should be made a omorrow. She asserted with firm con- t miction that the need for education In d South Carolina Is as great as the need e 'or religion. Reviewing to the origin and develop- g nent of the School Improvement asso- n datlon, Miss Nance told how it was c founded in 1903 by President D. B. s Tohnson of Winthrop, who has done t nore for education than any other man t n South Carolina. The entire class of h 1903, consisting of thirty-three mem- I )ers had gone Into the organization a ind the membership had since grown a ,o about 3,000 members, scattered p ;hroughout the state in numerous coun- a y organizations which are doing s iplendid work in the improvement of v :he school rooms and the standard of e eaching. a At the conclusion of her talk. Miss h Vance announced her purpose to per- a 'ect a York county association and k nost of those present indicated their I lesire to become members. Miss Nora a A'illiamson of Guthriesvllle, was chosen a is president, Miss Lesslie Witherspoon )f Yorkvllle, vice president; Miss Ella g Veely of Yorkvllle, secretary: Mrs. G. i< i. O'Leary of Yorkvllle, treasurer; o vlrs. W. B. Moore of Yorkvllle, chair- ii nan of the executive committee. a ' c LOCAL LACONICS. ? Will Probably Recover. ? Rock Hill Record: Tally South, who vas shot by Torrence Melton last Suplay night, is reported to be improving! 5outh had a very narrow escape, as the tail had punctured his intestines in two daces, but he was taken to the hospitaJ ' in<i onerated on and it is now thought ;] hat his chances for recovery are good. 11 Stabbing Affray In F^ock Hil|. " Tl?e Record: Mr. Blackrpon, ope of (] he overseers at the Aragon Cotton nllls, was pretty badly cut by an operitlve named Smith early Saturday nornlng. The knife struck Mr. Black- ci non In the abdomen and cut a large C( rash, allowing the Intestines to pro- r< rude, but fortunately did not enter v! ame. He was taken to the hospital, vhere Dr. Fennel operated on h|m, and w he last report was that he wns iiolng e, ery well. rj rarmers' Union Wgrf*. S Col. J. C. Strlbbling, who cqnducts he Farmers' Union Bureau writes as ^ ollows: "in order to facilitate the bus- t ness ?>f locals and coupfy Upiops and . o turn In as much tponey into u reasury as possible af once for the urpose of pushing organisers out all ver the state immediately; qur exe- JJ utlve committee recommends all lo- . als to pay In all dues for the year at q nee instead of quarterly as has been he custom- We need about fifty or Jr nore good organizers of the hustllpg ?. :Ind to take the field for work at once. til applicants for the position of orranizers will be required to produce an ndorsement of the committeeman In " harge of his congressional district, M epresenting the six following districts: A . W. Parks, Parksville, Edgefield; J. P* \ Strlbllng, Pendleton. Anderson coun- w y; O. T. Goodwin, Laurens; J. Frabjt S LShe, McConnellsville, York county; T. L J. Willoughby, Florence; L. L. Baker, o( Mshopvllle, Lee counfy. >eath of Mr?. J. D. Bivep?. jj Mr. J. Frank McElwep of Yorkv(lle, p( fas summoned fo Albemarle, N. C.. last ei Yiday on account of the death of his sj Ister, Mrs. J. D. Bivens, who hgd beep pf o bad health for many months. Refer- m ing to the death of Mrs. B|veps, the l Charlotte Observer of Saturday bad the jr ollowing: "Mrs. Grace Bivens. wife of dj Jdltor J. D. Bivens of Albemarle, pasq- | d away yesterday morning at 7 o'clock l t her home In Albemarle after a lin- l erlng illness of several months. Be- p( ore her marriage she was Miss Grace a] IcElwee and was largely connected tr. w his community. Mrs. C. P. Henderson. # fho is an aunt of the deceased, and her 0, aughter. Miss Jessie Henderson, wjll ni o to Albemarle this morning to attend \ he funeral, which will take place at 3 C( 'clock this afternoon. Mrs. James v-i lardy, also of this city, Is an aunt of er he deceased. Mrs. Bivens was a comaratively young woman, being abouf n ,.no?-o r?i,i Hho hml o nnmhAr of ad lirers and personal friends ip tills city, rhere she was well known." w Ir ? The house last Friday night agreed r> a number of amendments to the P( !arey-Cothran law. The changes are G i brief as follows: County boards are a appoint a chemist. The matter of C( umber of boxes in a county election is R1 leared up. Samples must go into stock M nd be sold Liquor is allowed to be old to the state hospital for the insape. " 'he law as to reports to the state dls- E ensary auditor is clarified. County oards are allowed to reserve a fourth s* f the profits for capital stock so as to ct un on a cash basis. Confiscated stuff ** i dry counties is to be sold and the n' roceeds go into the county treasury, M istead of into the dispensary fund as 151 i "wet" counties. The whisky drum- w ler is outlawed everywhere whether e sells for personal use or pot. Coupty ^ oards are given authority to close disensaries which were in existence when he Carey-Cothran act superseded tlje e| fate dispensary law. In couptles votlg out dispensaries they are to remain c' pen ninety days in order to dispose of tock. The county legislative delega- 's Ions are to fix the salaries of members M f the county boards. The county m oard Is given power to close up any or ispensary for irregularities or disorep- 1,1 ncies. All accounts are to go through tie comptroller general's auditing de- m artment, which assesses the various ^ wet" counties for the pay of the state ln uditing. The state auditor is given no assistants at a salary of $135 a sp lontli each. Wholesale druggists are C< llowed to sell alcohol to the trade. ha 1 ? i a Senator Latimer Critically III.? 'oljowing an operation for a twist of . . le bowels, Senator Asbury C. Latimer f South Carolina, for five terrns a . lember of the house of representatives . ml since 1903 a rpember of the senate, Jvf i lying in a critical condition at the rovidence hospital. Washington. Senator Latimer, who is 57 years old, . ad not been feeling well for a week. J,, t midnight Saturday he was suddenly ' iken worse and was removed at once ' " > the hospital for an operation for ap rndicitis It whs discovered when tne|"tclsion htid been made that the trou- " le was more grave than expected, and tat tlie Intesiines were Involved. ' An operation was performed yesterny. and at its conclusion it was an- se minced that, though hope was felt for j* ' Is recovery, the outcome was by no ' leans certain, up m< ? A. Steed, the divorce man who H? is been ikting business among cotton an ill operatives in this state, was con- lat icted before .Magistrate B. F. Wilson toi Anderson, a few days ago and sen- su need to pay a tine of $100 or serve Is le month in each of three cases. ls.? KOESTER MAKES REPLY. iditor of The Record Makes Statement of His Position. George R. Koester. editor of The 'olumbia Record, who was so bitterly enounced by Attorney General Lyon iist Thursday devoted four columns on he frotii pape of his paper Friday fternoon to a personal reply 1111 tatement as to his position. After delylng in great length the right ?h?* ommlssfon had to ask him the .|uex- -i ions put to him so rapidly and which le answered more or lers clearly, lie 1 ays: Now, I am often asked why i do lot let Lyon go and drop this whole natter editorially. I have had many :ood friends tell me most e^rtfestly hat I was a fool for trying to defend ifficials of the late state dispensary, hat I was only hurting myself and my aper by such a policy; that they were (own and out and could never help ne and that It was simply Idiotic on ny part to stand alone ana say a good t-ord for them; that I could not stem he tide of public prejudice against hem resulting from the unceasing \ ttacks of practically all the other paters and a majority of the politicians, f i consider my selfish interests, that s good advice and I am a fool not to ake it. But I am not built that way. ; have no ambition greater than the ' lesire to so live that when I die it can ie truthfully graven on my tombstone hat beneath are the remains of a man irho never failed a friend. When a \ nan needs friends is when he is ir. rouble. To hell with such as are | riends only -in fair weather. In conclusion he says: "I freely absolve each and every nember of the commission of any in- ! ent to do wrong1. They have a hard , nd disagreeable duty to perform. They ,re trying to do It as they best see heir way. But, cannot even a good eed done with right intent have evil . ffect? "As to J. Fraser Lyon's success In etting a chance to vent his spleen on ie under court protection, I want to j ompllment him. It was one of the few mart things he has ever done. But here was no need for him to have hrown his hand behind hts back when , ie was talking under court protection, have no desire to kill such vermin ( nd do not go armed. He is threatrlcal lways. but his supreme coatenipt for ae. his unwillingness to notice me is musing in view of the fact that I have j aid nothing recently about him any rone than I have often said before. unoolalKr r\ 11i?l 11 tr fVit. lact r*o m nuIo*n nd yet only a few short months ago ie was willing to do and did sit down nd eat with and drink my whlsy with me and that afterward, when had occasion to go to his office with delegation on business, he came up nd offered his hand to me tft shake. "In conclusion, I want to thank the enlal Atlanta lawyer for his in genhis little lecture upon the practice f law and his citation of a notable istance where a state had employed ' great lawyer from another state to onduct a prosecution for It. I am not < btuse. I got his argument and am j dlling to admit that Colonel Felder f Georgia, Is a great lawyer. But we ' are the same kind In South Carolina. ' "Geo. R. Koester." j I * e? ( SOUTH 6AR0UNA NEWS. ] ? Union is to have another aggrega- i on of street shows. They are to visit < ie town the first \yeek In March. ? The general assembly has refused 1 > pass a compulsory rate bill, leaving , ie railroads free to make their voluniry reductions. ? The administrators of R. A. Jeff- ] oat, who was assassinated in Aiken < aunty some time a?ro, have offered a i *ward of $500 for the arrest and con- < Iction of the assassin. 1 ? Spartanburg Herald: Mrs. Kitchen, { ho lives near Pacolet, tells an inter- 1 iting story of how her cat chased a J ibbit, caught it and brought it home. J he was sitting on her porch the other J ay when some hunters' dogs came by 1 basing a rabbit at full tilt. Her cat j as lying down on the floor at her feet * tking her noon-day pap. The feline * eard the noise of the chase. Raising ' p and taking in the situation, she 1 arang to her feet ^nd took after bun- c y, outstripping the canines in the J andlcap. It was a quarter of a mile ( ash, but the feline won the stakes. 1 rubbing bunny back of the neck, she J iught a firm hold and proceeded to ] rag her quarry home, much to the lagrin of the dogs. Th cat brought j re rubbit to the house and laid it at * ie feet of Mrs. Kitchen. < ? As an aftermath of the testimony of } [r. Lewis W. Parker and Col. Ellison . . Smyth of Greenville, before the dia- r ansary commission yesterday, in r hich Mr. Parker stated that the late ^ . J. Lanahan had told him that Cole t . Blease represented his liquor firm e sfore the South Carolina dispensary c aard, Senator Biease arose to a ques- j on of personal privilege in the senate j lis morning and made a reply in which * b alleged a conspiracy between Gov- c *nor Ansel, Mr. Pattoq of the commis- r on, Mr. Parker and a newspaper cor- , ispondpnt from Greenville to injure . Im politically. He read affidavits from g anahan & Son, and others, contradict- . ig Mr. Parker. Mr. Blease said: "Why ^ id Parker wait till Lanahan was dead. g do not say that Parker is a liar, but r anahan says that Parker is a liar. If j anahan said that I was his agent he j sd. and if Parker says that I was Lan- j lan's agent he is a liar. The man that t ill come to my face and tell me that I v as Lanahan's agent the world will find r at whether he and I are both brave f ien or not. This summer Governor c nsel will answer to the people for the ( insplracy between him and his Green- _ ille allies and newspaper correspond- ? it. He will not answer politically, but i; ? will answer me as man face to face ^ ? he governor or be he what he may/' g ? Columbia State, Saturday: MK, a Eraser Lyon yesterday afternoon ^ as shown the statement in the Even- c ig Record of this city to the effect b lat Mr. Lyon had accepted some a ersopal courtesies from the editor, v eo. R. Koester. Mr. Lyon declined to p ive any siuiemem i?n tiie mnu-i ca- > ;pt to say that he had spoken once ? id for all time on the whole matter, i [r. R. H. Welch of the firm of Bel- u nger & Welch was on the train upon p le occasion evidently referred to in p ditor Koestep's article which is pub- p shed i|i the State today. Mr. Welch h ated last night that he sees no oc- 5 tsion for any statement from him in a le matter, that Editor Koester could a it seriously endeavor to show that js r. Lyon is in any way a man of any ? it temperate habits, and that it was n ith some reluctance or at best ipdif- js irepce that Mr. Lyon permitted Mr. j, relch to bring Editor Koester to their j( .ble. for Mr. Welch and Mr. Koester 0 id been on good terms and Mr. Welch b ideavored to get his mutual friends s "let bygones be bygones." He de- b ares that Editor Koester joined S( em at their table. Mr. Lyon soon An- p hed his dinner and left the others. embers of the investigating com- h isslop had nothing to say, although b le or two unofficially were amused at tj le statement that Mr. Lyon threw his <j ind behind his back. etc. The com- e Isioners declared that they observed () r. Lyon closely but overlooked this ^ some manner. b - Wr(tes James Hoyt in a Oolumhia o eclal of Thursday to the News and a >urier: " "Three gubernatorial booms S ive been launched today, I hear,' said Y member of the legislature tonight to p mator Blease. and the Intimation is j> at Senator B|ease did not oommit Is U . ?. ilmo q tro unnnnn/'oH it at he would be a candidate for re- cl action to the state senate from New- tt Try. but during the last few weeks o: e political situation, as seen here, has h dlcally changed, and, according to the w lk around the general assembly, there T apt to be more than one or two oan- rr dates for governor In the field this 5, mmer. Senator Blease was in the pi ce two years ago and doubtless has tl t relinquished his ambition to fill the fi Ice. Among those generally talked F now as possible entries In the raoe si Capt. Jno. O. Richards of Kershaw, la e of the leaders In the general as- tt mbly for several years. It is an open w cret in the lobbies that many mem- di rs have urged Mr, Richards to make w e race, and their solicitation Is based m >on the fact that Mr. Richards has ., are than one strong fact in his favor. d< > is for out and out state prohibition, Hi tl has led the fight to repeal the lien w a*. A friend of Mr. Richards stated at night that If he ran he would be as- T red of a large prohibition vote, as it of though that prohibition will be the b< iue next summer. Among the other pi prohibitionists talked of as likely to enter the race are Senator Otts of Cherokee. and Representative Nash of Spartanburg. Mr. C. C. Featherstone, for years one of the. most "active prohibition leaders in the state. Is also spoken of as'ft possibility. While a few weeks ago It didn't seeni likely that Governor Ansel would have opposition for re-election. it is now the tnlk in political circles that he may not get a secop :erm without u fight. However, the governor Is not worrying about the matter in the slightest and his friends say he has no need to worry. no mutter how many come out." NOTHING BUT A JOKE. Mr. Stevenson Says Hull Offer Was Not In Good Faith. In the state senate Wednesday night Senator W. J. Johnson of Fairfield, one of the five who voted against the bill, spoke upon the bill to authorize the a*tc:ney general to use $15,000, If so much be necesary, to prosecute the dispensary grafters. Senator Johnson complained that the winding up commission had lost an opportunity to sell out the whole business at $200,000 profit. Mr. W. F. Stevenson, general coun Bel for the winding up commision, said yesterday: "Referring to the criticism of the commission for not accepting the alleged proposition of Mr. Hull to buy out the state dispensary at a large figure. I desire. to say that the alleged offer was never made in any tangible or serious way and involved the right to allow -the party to take over and run the business in this state and the commission had neither the power nor the desire to allow such a business established in the state. "It was limited to selling to county dispensaries and' parties without the state. It could not sell and deliver to the alleged purchaser here nor authorize the establishment of the business here and it was satisfied that Mr. Hull made the alleged offer as a Joke and It could not be accepted under the law constituting the commission. It was merely hot air. . . "As to there being no more warrants 3\vorn out, if Senator Johnson will be patient we think we will have enough of the men who were formerly connected with the state dispensary to satisfy even Mr. Johnson, who seems so much grieved that his former political associates have not been Indicted that he is unwilling to give the attorney general any money with which to indict them. "The statement that the commission lias spent anything like $50,000 or even one-fifth of such amount In pursuing Lhe malefactors whose escape from indictment so grieves Mr. Johnson, is as untrue as it is absurd." MERE-MENTION. Two negroes were killed by a cyclone it Mossvllle, Miss., Friday morning.... rhe Courier Printing company's plant Buffalo, N. Y., was destroyed by Are Friday morning. This with other property totaled a Are loss of $300,000 rwo men were killed knd a score or < more Injured In a rear-end collision >n the B. & O., road near Chester, Pa., Friday afternoon.... A New York resaurant keeper Is furnishing free hot dinners to 1,500 school children each lay Construction work is being -esurned on the South aud Western -ailrood over the entire route..... .The 2oney Island Carnival company is stranded at Eastman, Ga. Rev. Frederick F, Reese, D. D.. rector of Christ Church, Nashville, Tenn., has ieen elected bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Georgia Two negroes, lather and son, were hanged at Carroll:on, Ga., Friday for the murder of Jeth"o Jones, a farmer, from whom they vere trying to steal a bale of cotton.... Last week the state constabulary of Pennsylvania raided the homes of large lumbers of foreigners in the vicinity of Shamokin, and collected large quantises of knives and Arearms The eleven laundries of Cincinnati, have ieen fined $50 each for combining to ai.se prices and the combine has been lissolved Serious riots broke out it Bombay, India, last week In connecion with the celebration of Muharran, he first month of the Mahammedan ('ear. Five persons were killed, and !orty or more were Injured ..Jesse Watson, a motor car driver, has been sentenced to one year in prison and a me of $1,000 for causing the death of < i child in an automobile accident at St. Louis, Mo,, a few weeks ago Jnlted States troops have been ordered o Fairbanks, Alaska, on account of se ious labor troubles caused by striking niners The senate of Mississippi las passed a statutory prohibition law >y a vote of 36 to 4. The law becomes iltective December 31...... .The exports >f agricultural produots from the Jnited States to foreign countries durng the month of January amounted to 128,010,076, the largest amount on reoird for a single month. During the nonth 652,702,186 pounds of cotton. val? led at $76,687,508 were exported,. com,>ared with 658,728,913 pounds valued it $69,990,636 for the same month last 'ear More than 2,000 workmen In > he vicinity of Wheeling, W. Va., idle - . fl ince November and December, have esumed work within the past week.. rack Grant, a former lightweight pugiist, Jumped from the Brooklyn bridge asi ween, wnue insane, in tui auernpi o commit suicide. He was little the I'orse for the experience and says be % nay try it again Suit has been iled against the American Express ompany by a postofflce inspector at .Incinnatl, charging the express company with earning first-class mail lithout being properly stamped, which s a violation of the postal laws Yilliam Marshall, a negro, wanted at >t. Joseph, Mo? for murder, for whom , reward of *5,000 is offered, has been xrested at Tacoma, Wash ExxtHernor Yoorhees of New Jersey, has >een indicted on charges of perjury by ^ , New York grand Jury in connection kith false returns to the insurance deartment of New York, made by 'oorhees while president of the defunct tankers' LJfe Insurance company 'he Southern railway officials are flgiring on a reduction of the wages of ta entire force of 42,000 emloyees about ten per cent...,The exress companies of the United States old railroad stocks to the amount of 22,218,950, and railway bonds to the mount of *12,324,000 Jim Smith. notorious moonshiner of Smlthtown, J. C., and wanted for the murder of )eputy Collector Hendricks a few ionths ago, was arrested at Madison, >. C., Friday......Great damage is beig done by the Allegheny and Youghigheny rivers in Pennsylvania, because f the hard rains prevailing for a numer of days past New York city 4 old *50,000,000 of 4) per cent city onds last Friday. The issue was subcribed six times over John A. toebling, multi-millionaire manufaourer of Trenton, N. J-, has given up is winter home at Ashevtlle, N. C., ecause that city has voted for prohibi- * ion Ail the labor unions of New irieans have been indtoted by the Fedral grand Jury op charges of violation f the Sherman anti-trust laws he house committee on military affairs as reported a bill allowing an increase f twenty-seven per cent to all officers nd enlisted men of the army... .Henry . Snow, former treasurer of the New ork and New Jersey Telephone oomany has been indioted by the grand jry of New York on a charge of grand ireeny. Bonds to the value of *30,000, i hich Snow was supposed to have Jn harge, cannot be found The Mujal Reserve Life Insuranoe company f New York, has been placed in the ands of reoelvers, who will proceed to ind up the affairs of the company, he liabilities are $5,418,717, and addtted assets are $3,791,602 About 000 bales of cotton are floating: in Treassey bay, off New Foundland, from le wrecked British steamer Tolesby om Galveston. Tex., to Havre. France, isherman are saving: the cotton for a ilvnge of $5 a bale The lumbermen schooner H. Pack from Wilmingm. N. C., to New Bedford, Mass., was recked on Long Island, early Saturay morning. The captain and crew ere saved by a life saving crew by ^ leans of the breeches buoy apparatus. * Seven persons were killed and a >zen or more seriously hurt by a colsdon of a Big Four passenger train Ith a trolley car on a street crossing: . West Toledo, O.. Saturday night.... he tenth anniversary of the sinking ' the Maine was observed in the har jr of Havana on Saturday by the acing of wreaths on the wreck.